Avoiding Out-of-Home Placement of High-Risk Status Offenders through the Use of Intensive Home-Based Family Preservation Services
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Criminal Justice and Behavior
- Vol. 15 (3) , 334-348
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854888015003006
Abstract
This article describes the values and program components of an intensive home-based family preservation service program called Homebuilders, which was designed to treat status-offending youths in danger of imminent out-of-home placement and their families. Data indicated that 87% of 687 youth referred to Homebuilders avoided placement for 12 months after service intake. These results are discussed with respect to program replication, other client populations, and future research directions.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Homebuilders: Keeping families together.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977